Sarah Jane Tamsen

Ha!

May we all be better abolitionists.

I found this collection a little uneven, but enjoyed standout essays “The Luckiest MILF in Brooklyn,” “Floccinaucinihilipilification,” “Utmost Resistance and the Law, “Bodies Against Borders,” “Picture Perfect,” and “Why I Didn't Say No.”

I did think that Dr. Manne rushed her readers through some conclusions, which is unfortunate because many readers are going to, like me, experience significant cognitive dissonance as she walks them through the science in the early chapters. That said, it's absolutely a five-star work. Fatphobia, while harmful and exclusionary and reductive, is also immoral. What's more, it's irrational: it fails every proof of logic that you put it to.